Politics Jan 16 Police, Protesters Clash Amid Opposition Rallies in Kenya Police lobbed tear gas into crowds in cities around Kenya Wednesday and at least one person was reported dead at the start of three planned days of protests over presidential elections.
Politics Jan 15 Justices Uphold Limits on Security Fraud Suits The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to limit security fraud lawsuits, prohibiting investors from suing third parties such as banks or accountants for helping manipulate stock prices.
Nation Jan 15 Musharraf Orders Security Measures in Lead-up to Elections Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he ordered troops to shoot anyone trying to disrupt parliamentary elections scheduled for Feb. 18 as the country battles a rise in attacks blamed on Muslim extremists.
Politics Jan 14 Bold Suicide Attack on Kabul Hotel Kills 6 Four heavily armed militants attacked a hotel popular with foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, killing at least six people in a brazen Taliban-backed attack apparently targeted at Western workers, witnesses and a Taliban spokesman said.
Politics Jan 14 Kenya's Lawmakers to Reconvene Despite Continued Unrest Kenya's feuding political parties are bracing for a contentious week as the sharply divided Parliament reconvenes and opposition leaders plan mass demonstrations.
Science Jan 14 Scientists Grow Rat Heart from Transplanted Cells Researchers grew beating rat hearts in a lab using heart cells from newborn rats grafted to the scaffolding of hearts from dead rats, according to a study released Sunday.
Science Jan 11 Switchgrass Yields Energy-efficient, Clean Fuel, Study Finds Switchgrass, a prairie grass grown on marginal farmland and processed into ethanol, can produce five times more energy than it takes to grow the crop, according to a new study.
Economy Jan 11 Bank of America to Buy Mortgage Lender for $4B Bank of America Corp. said Friday that it has agreed to pay $4 billion in stock for Countrywide Financial -- rescuing the battered lender that has come to represent the excesses of the subprime mortgage market.
Nation Jan 10 U.S. Considers Adding 3,000 Marines to Fight in Afghanistan The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan to bolster efforts to thwart another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said.
Politics Jan 09 Justices Appear Hesitant to Overturn Voter ID Law In a politically sensitive case, the Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to strike down the nation's strictest requirement that voters show photo identification before they cast ballots.